‘Good Grief’ Review: Daniel Levy’s Heartfelt And Stylish Filmmaking Debut With Co-Stars Ruth Negga & Himesh Patel Is All About Love, Loss, & Art
deadline.comConsidering his hilarious multiple Emmy winning work on Schitt’s Creek, this markedly different feature filmmaking debut as writer/director/producer and star from Daniel Levy is a revelation – and a welcome one.
The appropriately titled Good Grief explores exactly what that name implies as Levy uses his own experience as an impetus to paint a larger picture of love, loss and grief in all its complexity.
But at its heart this impressive, if sometimes tonally dicey story, is also about the complications – and importance – of friendship in a scenario that revolves around a trio of BFF’s who take a life-changing trip to Paris and get more than they each bargained for.
The opening sets the stage as we meet Marc (Levy) at a holiday party in the spacious London and impressive London apartment ( in the Notting Hill section as a bit of an homage to writer Richard Curtis who is one of Levy’s cinematic inspirations) where his flamboyant and successful filmmaker husband Oliver (Luke Evans) is sucking up all the energy.
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